Top George O'Leary Articles

Jurors heard two vastly different explanations of what caused former UCF football player Ereck Plancher's death.
Plancher, a 19-year-old football player, collapsed and died following a March 18, 2008 offseason conditioning workout supervised by UCF coach...

Dr. Barry J. Maron, a cardiologist with more than 40 years of experience, testified it is his opinion former UCF football player Ereck Plancher died from sickle cell trait complications.
The Ereck Plancher trial continued to be slowed down by contentious...

Former UCF football player Cody Minnich testified coach George O'Leary ordered athletic trainers to remove water from the indoor practice facility during Ereck Plancher's final workout.
Minnich told a jury that the athletic trainers were not near the...

Storm Johnson is a UCF Knight.
The 6-foot-1, 217-pound running back chose UCF Friday after visiting the Orlando campus. He had also visited USF prior to his Orlando trip.
"Yes sir, Storm committed today and he will start classes on the 22nd," Wesley...

UCF coach George O'Leary defended his actions during football player Ereck Plancher's final workout, testifying Thursday that he never ordered athletic trainers and water be removed from the building.
O'Leary and his staff supervised Plancher's final...

Former UCF wide receiver Brian Watters, a team captain during the 2010 season, testified coach George O'Leary ordered water and trainers be removed from the fieldhouse during Ereck Plancher's final workout.
"Coach O'Leary, at times, he'll order water put...

Jah Reid grew up hungry in his mother's three-bedroom, one-story home in an old neighborhood of Haines City, Fla. Not that Lucinda Stratton didn't put food on the table. She did. Plenty of it, in fact.
It was just that Reid ate prodigious amounts as a...

Three UCF players testified coach George O'Leary never ordered water and athletic trainers be removed from Ereck Plancher's final workout.
Plancher collapsed and died following offseason conditioning drills at the UCF football complex on March 18, 2008....

In football terms, the Ereck Plancher trial is three yards and a cloud of legal wrangling and conflicting testimony.
It only took one Tuesday afternoon in Courtroom 12-D of the Orange County Courthouse to know this beyond a shadow of a doubt:
We will...

UCF sophomore quarterback Jeff Godfrey dreams big.
He wants to be the best quarterback in the country.
He wants to lead the Knights to an undefeated season and Bowl Championship Series game invitation.
And he wants to repay UCF coach George O'Leary for...